The West Texas A&M softball team is hitting its stride. And it couldn’t come at a better time.

The Lady Buffs topped Eastern New Mexico, 20-0, on Tuesday at Lady Buff Yard in Canyon. WT has won 10 of its last 11 games, including eight in a row, to go from a below .500 Lone Star Conference record (7-9) to a solid 15-9.

“I hope we are hitting our stride when we need to,” WT coach Kevin Blaskowski said. “This is the offensive club that I thought we had. We are swinging the bat really well right now. We are swinging the bat with a lot of confidence. We have a lot of kids swinging it well.”

The offensive prowess of the surging Lady Buffs was never more evident than in the third inning. WT scored 15 runs on 11 hits, including 13 runs with two outs in the inning. The Lady Buffs batted around twice, sending 18 batters to the plate.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had an inning like that,” Blaskowski said. “We showed a lot of discipline at the plate and forced them to throw strikes. When they did we made them pay. For us to be able to extend an inning like that was outstanding.”

First baseman Allie Cranfill continued her streak of power hitting in third, driving in six runs with a three-run double and a three-run homer. Cranfill finished 3-for-4 with a single, double, and triple while scoring twice.

“I’ve been real relaxed at the plate and wanting to get on base any way I can,” Cranfill said.

Cranfill has been a key part of the Lady Buffs’ run. She entered with a .645 batting average during the last 10 games and was named the LSC hitter of the week for the second consecutive time.

“What Allie Cranfill is doing is really unbelievable,” Blaskowski said. “She is having a great run. She’s doing a really good job of being disciplined at the plate and not expanding her strike zone. She is doing a really good job of being patient and hitting the ball hard.”

During that span, Cranfill went 20-for-31 with 11 home runs and three doubles for a 1.806 slugging percentage with 29 RBIs. Cranfil struck out just once and has walked seven times in that span.

“At the beginning of the season I was a freshman and came in really nervous,” Cranfil said. “I didn’t know what to expect. I started off not hitting to well. I was off and on. Right now, I am really relaxed. I’m just there to help my team and get RBIs.”

WT has three regular-season games left, hosting Texas Woman’s in a three-game series beginning with a 5 p.m. Friday in a doubleheader.

“Hopefully we continue to play this well into the end of the regular season and see where it takes us in the postseason,” Blaskowski said. “We are in a situation now where if we win three games then we have a chance to finish second in the conference. It’s going to be a tough task.”